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Pedestrian struck and killed on I-57 in Will County; southbound lanes closed (CBS) Oak Park bike shop reopens after allegedly drunk driver crashed into it last month (NBC) Red, Orange, Green trains left standing at Roosevelt during PM rush due to CPD activity (CBS) This just in: Speed humps are effective in slowing down drivers […]

IDOT hopes to use federal infra money to widen Ike, Stevenson, and Tri-State Tollway (Tribune) SUV driver who killed 5, injured 40+ in Waukesha parade may have been fleeing another incident (CNN) Driver strikes ride-hail vehicles from behind on 1500 block of N. DLSD, killing passenger (CBS) CPD: Man critically wounded in shootout with robber […]

The Navy Pier Flyover got an “award of merit” from ENR Midwest Control tower beams installed at O’Hare’s new Terminal 5 expansion (YIMBY) The solid red to turn from southeast-bound Milwaukee onto eastbound Kinzie is out (The Chainlink) New roof takes shape at former Morton Salt factory in West Town (YIMBY) Englewood neighbors, artist unveil […]

More coverage of the Adé Hogue case and vigil (Bicycling, Block Club, CBS, FOX) ATA, MPC weigh in on the CTA’s 2022 budget during period of slowly recovering ridership (Block Club) Sun-Times editorial: Put passengers, communities first in Metra-Union Pacific dispute Driver charged with DUI, reckless homicide after fiery, deadly crash (FOX) Nixon Elementary’s playground […]

City will hold ceremony for renaming DuSable LSD today at 2:30 PM at Buckingham Fountain (NBC) Sun-Times: New One Central renderings released, $6.5B subsidy for transit hub is still a bad idea Equiticity’s Oboi Reed and Kate Lowe call for racial equity in the upcoming scooter program (Sun-Times) Austin Weekly News looks at Equiticity’s “Biking […]

ATA’s Kyle Whitehead discusses Chicago’s bikeway expansion plans on WBEZ Tribune readers weigh in on ATA director Amy Rynell’s op-ed calling for more protected lanes Driver fatally struck woman, 64, crossing Devon in Little India this morning (Sun-Times) Benjamin Kennerly, 89, fatally struck on Bishop Ford Expressway near 120th (NBC) Officials investigating cause of Bryn […]

Ald. Ray Lopez urges city clerk to abolish residential parking permits (Sun-Times) 17-year-old killed after crashing car into overpass pole, fire on Route 83 in Oak Brook (Tribune) Semi-rollover crash blocks WB lanes on I-90 near Marengo-Hampshire (WGN) 5 shot near Kinzie/Milwaukee, including bystander on a Divvy bike (ABC) With people driving downtown to avoid […]

Investigators probe Amtrak derailment that killed 3 in Montana on train from Chicago to Seattle (Tribune) Hit-and-run driver killed woman, 65, crossing street near the Jefferson Park Transit Center (ABC) Harayna Tolbert, 31, killed after driver of car she was riding in hit Englewood bridge pillar, fled (NBC) Hit-and-run driver crashed into Griddle 24 restaurant […]

Photos released of pickup from Aurora hit-and-run that killed pedestrian Michael Brooks, 59 (CBS) Driver strikes and critically injures boy, 15, on bike in Grant Park (CBS) Person in jeep fired at boy, 16, on bike in West Elsdon (Sun-Times) No injuries after Metra train hits car in Park Ridge (CBS) Park district adds life […]

17-year-old-boy charged with murder of Keiwaun Crayton, 23, on Red Line near Garfield (CBS) Forest Glen finally gets its own neighborhood sign on the Elston Metra bridge (Block Club) Equiticity is hiring a mobility justice manager for North Lawndale Chicago Cross Cup cyclocross race series cancelled as a COVID precaution Win a free ticket to […]

Amtrak police shoot and kill suspect in California murder at Chicago’s Union Station (NBC) Driver held on $500K bond for alleged DUI in Elmhurst crash that killed her fiancé (CBS) Fleeing shooting suspect crashes into Lincoln Square’s Giddings (Kempf) Plaza (Block Club) Police talking with person of interest after 5th hammer attack on CTA this […]

Construction begins on Obama Center, which will include pedestrianizing park roads (CBS) Citizens to Abolish Red Light Cameras calls for rolling back 6 mph speed cam threshold (CBS) Tribune’s Rex Huppke takes a satirical look at the 6 mph ticketing rule Sophie Elizabeth Allen, 27, killed by hit-and-run driver, had survived cancer, was newly engaged […]